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Offline Mr. Analog

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"Star Hustler" Dead at 72
« on: August 22, 2010, 10:59:18 PM »
Jack Horkheimer aka the "Star Hustler" passed away on Friday:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/101194934.html

Some of you like me may remember him as the enthusiastic naked eye astronomer whose program ran on PBS for many years.

The theme song was quite memorable, it was Isao Tomita's version of Claude Debussy's Arabesque No. 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmSH7BsNSrM

I owe him for showing me where to look to find Venus for the first time with a pair of binoculars back in the late 80s...
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Re: "Star Hustler" Dead at 72
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 04:26:35 AM »
Keep.

Looking.

Up!
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Re: "Star Hustler" Dead at 72
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 09:25:14 AM »
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